The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-07-26
THE FLOODS COME.
Trains Stalled on the Maine Contra
Near WaterviIIe.
Floating Haycocks on the Green
Fields Of the Granite State.
Rivers of Yankeeland Swollen Until
the Oldest Inhabitants Stare.
Especial to the Press.l

csmpanied by thunder and lightning AT a
point between Vassalboro and Winslow n
serious washout has occurred ON the Maine
Central, the track settling about two feet for
distance of two hundred feet. The after
noon trains fIom the east were both DELAYED
there, but got through some over an hour
late. The local afternoon passenger train
and freight train we've unable to pass and
are stalled at Vassalboro this evening. A
large crew of men is hard at work to repair
the damage and will probably succeed before
morning. The evening train went no fur
ther than Augusta There is also washout
at Somerset Mills on the Skowhegan branch,
about thirty feet long. The roads are badly
washed and much hay is injured. The KEN
nebec river has risen some four feet
[By Associated Pressl
BANGOR, July 25.-The heavy rain which
has fallen since Saturday up to tonight has
resulted in serious washouts on the Maine
Central Railroad. Between Vassalboro and
Burnham five washouts are reported, and
the train due at Cos p. NJ. will not be here
before morning. The Pullman train for
Boston has been cancelled. The Bar Harbor
limited due here from Boston at $40 arrived
about six O'Clock, and the express due at A. 40,
a little later. The st. John train arrived on
| time.
CoNrAoooK N. H., July 25.-The sky is
comparatively clear to- day, the first time for
several days. The long rain raised the
streams in this vicinity and overfowed
meadows which are yet unknown. Conse-
quently the crops were damaged. In some
places hay moved before the storm is now
floating on the water. A very large amount
was caught out and more or less was injured.
GREESvlLLE, N. H., July 25.-The rain
fall has been unprecedented. Low lands are
flooded and highways badly washed out.
PORTSMOUTH, n H., July 25-It is re-
ported from several towns in the county that
considerable damage has been done by the
recent rains. The river at Raymond has
overfiowed its banks. Communication be-
tween Raymond and Deerfeld is maintained
by boats. Crops in some places are four feet
under water. Much hay is ruined.
NEWMARKET, N. H. July 25.-All the
rivers in this part of the State are higher
now than ever known before in summer.
The freshet in Newmarket this morning car
ried away large part of the old dam of the
Newmarket cotton mills, also the founda-
tion of the number one pick mill. The loss
cannot be estimated at present. This acci-
dent will otinterfere with the running of the
mills which are provided with steam power.
DOVER, N: H., July 25.-The water in the
Piscataqua is the highest ever known here,
being ~ inches over the DAM Many sheep
were killed by lightning.
NASHUA, N. H., July 25.-The storm that
ended last night was of unprecedented
violence here. Nashua and Merrimac river
valleys are flooded. Nothinglike the rain
fall OF Sunday is remembered by the Oldest
inhabitants.
CONCORD, N. H., July 25-It will take
$4,000 to repair the damage done the streets
OF this city by the rains of Saturday and
Sunday.
LAWRENCE, Mass, July 25.-Two months
ago Duck bridge was burned and replaced !.
by a temporary bridge, which was swept
away by freshet month ago and was
again rebuilt. Today it seems again In dan
ger of being lost, as the Merrimac river has
risen nine feet since Sunday noon and is
still rising. The water is now within six
feet of the temporary bridge. Should any
more rain fall and the water continue rising,
the result will be the loss of the bridge once
more.
GREENFIELD, Mass, July 25.-Neyer be-
fore has Miller's Falls experienced such
damage by water as yesterday. Between
that town and Erving, a distance of six
miles, are 25 washouts and II landslides.
During Sundays violent rain, torrents of
water rushed down the mountain road, Just
east of the Fitchburg depot, Outlying it bad
ly. In short time the depot fiat was buried
under three feet of water just east of the
passenger station is the freight depot. This
the water totally undermined, leaving a
chasm GO feet wide and IL feet deep through
the gravelly soil. Passing underneath the
side tracks, it dropped the freight and coal
cars into the chasm end up. The torrent
rushed down the steep incline to the river, a
distance OF 2C0 feet, tearing gorge 20 feet
deep and 80 feet wide, undermining the coal
sneds and shade trees in its passage. South
OF the Lake House is another gully 10 feet
qeep ana 10 feet wide. On Sunday the Lake
House was completely surrounded by an
angry, Hood. Bridge street was quilted bad
~ ana Is impossible to Pine Meadows. The
highway bridge at Northfeld Farms was
washed away. The highway bridges be-
Tween Millers Falls and CRYING are all gone
Inc Erylng highway near the river is six
1eet under water. The culyert over the
rayine at the mouth Of Miller's river is
Miiler's Falls and Mortified is cut off. A
railroad man said that if the road puts on its
entire force 1t will take two weeks before
the roau VIII be anywhere near repaired.
large number of Boston passengers were
delayed at Miller's Falls, unable to get
through and liable to remain several days
unless the water subsidies so passage by
Teams can be made. OF % washouts any one
Is E large enough to engulf a. train. At Wen
dell, highway bridges are down and all the
roads are badly washed. Four dams in the
vicinity OF Erving are gone. A water spout
struck the highway between Greenfield and
Lake Pleasant, Monday, leaving hole 30
ieet long, four feet deep and ten feet wide.
no mails or papers have got through from
the east since Sunday morning
GARDNER, Mass, July 25.-Last night
two dams on Otter river were washed away
by the rains, and the rush of water carried
away two highway bridges between Gardner
and Otter river. The flood also washed
away the roads in some places. Large
gangs of men are working on the railroad.
They will have it trestled so the trains can
pass by midnight Tuesday or Wednesday
morning. Meanwhile the passengers are
carried over on the Athol and Springfield
railroad tracks. The highway and bridge
between Erving and Mller's Fails were
washed away and the road is impassable
This morning about 30 feet was washed
away on the Cheshire railroad near Fitzwil-
liam, N. H., but was repaired SO that trains
passed at noon. There was also a small
washout few miles east of Winch endon on
the Cheshire railroad, and so foot washont
ON the Monadnock railroad near Winchen-
don. The breaks were repaired in a few
hours.
EWING, Mass, July 25.-The iron railroad
bridge here has been swept away.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass, July 25-The worst
rain storm in years ended Sunday in a tre-
mendous thunderstorm that burst over the
city in the afternoon Many streets were
rendered unpassable for considerable
length of time.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, July 25.-Reports
from number of places around the country
indicate that the freshet of Yesterday Is the
heaviest since 1869. The heaviest damage is
along the line Of the Fitchburg road. between
Miller's Falls and Orange, where there are
no less than 26 washouts Several trains are
stalled at various places along the road This
morning the new iron bridge between Irving
and Miller's Falls was swept away. and the
loss at other points is likely to be more than
$4,000. At Montague the cost of repairing
roads alone will amount to thousands of dol
lars.
AT Springfield the damage is caused prin-
cipally by the Saw-mill river, a stream which
rises near Montague and empties into the
Connecticut. On its banks are a dozen or
mora 90 ,, r,iIlc oil nf which ,..,sas